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Three hundred and fifty thousand Hungarian
prisoners of war were expected in the near future from
Russia. These soilders had suffered frightfully in the
Russian camps. In some way they had to be
relocated, and to be adjusted to normal life again.
Against this background, Swedish relief work in
Hungary was of real importance. It consisted of
material contributions which had enabled the
reconstruction of the Hungarian Red Cross Hospital
in Budapest and the distribution of food and
clothes organized by the Swedish Red Cross and the
Save the Children Society. Clothes were distributed
according to the degree of need to people from
various groups of the population. An important
quantity had also been reserved for the returning
prisoners of war.
I could not leave Hungary without mentioning
one name, that of Raoul Wallenberg,’ to certain
people. I brought it up during a conversation
with Rakosy. He explained that he knew the name
very well. He further said that he might possibly
have met Wallenberg himself, in Debreczen, but
he was not sure. On the other hand, he considered
himself in a position to say two things with
certainty : first, that Wallenberg must be considered dead
— so bold a person as he could scarcely have
escaped death during the chaotic conditions of the
last phase of the war — and second, no more in-
1) A member of the Swedish Legation in Budapest who
risked his life during the war to do marvellous work helping
Hungarian Jews escape from the German Gestapo. During
the chaos resulting from the Russian invasion of Hungary,
he disappeared. It is still not known whether or not he is
alive. Translator.
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